The restaurant was slapped a $60,000 fine in November for two counts of handling and selling unsafe food.

It has since closed.

A picture taken by food safety investigators at Bulimba’s Sushi Station.

As has Kelvin Grove’s Little Lily Thai Restaurant, which was fined $32,500 in February on 29 offences, including animal and pest infestation, food storage, cleanliness and failure to comply with an improvement notice.

The inner city was not without its offenders either.

Rats were discovered in the kitchen of Japanese Bento in the Myer Centre food hall, which formed part of a raft of charges that earned it a $25,000 fine in November.

A rodent in a cupboard at the Myer Centre’s Japanese Bento.

Also in the Myer Centre, the Beach House Bar and Grill copped a $30,000 fine on eight charges stemming from failed standards of food storage, cleanliness and maintenance.

Animals and pests were also found in the kitchen.

The restaurant’s four directors were also hit with fines, two for $2500 and two for $1500.

Just a little more than a block away, the Macarthur Centre’s Shingle Inn received a $20,000 fine in June, on 12 charges including animal and pet infestation and failure to maintain cleanliness.

In addition, its two directors each received $4000 fines.

Cr Adams said 23 food licenses were suspended and six cancelled last year, from more than 6000 inspections undertaken by EatSafe officers in kitchens across the city.

“We aim not to shut down restaurants, unless there is a serious issue,” she said.

“But we make no apology for shutting down restaurants for the safety of Brisbane residents.”

Fine revenue from hygiene breaches has risen dramatically since the introduction of the EatSafe program in 2010, despite its star-rating system cutting the number of inspections carried out.

The restaurant was slapped a $60,000 fine in November for two counts of handling and selling unsafe food.

It has since closed.

A picture taken by food safety investigators at Bulimba’s Sushi Station.

As has Kelvin Grove’s Little Lily Thai Restaurant, which was fined $32,500 in February on 29 offences, including animal and pest infestation, food storage, cleanliness and failure to comply with an improvement notice.

The inner city was not without its offenders either.

Rats were discovered in the kitchen of Japanese Bento in the Myer Centre food hall, which formed part of a raft of charges that earned it a $25,000 fine in November.

A rodent in a cupboard at the Myer Centre’s Japanese Bento.

Also in the Myer Centre, the Beach House Bar and Grill copped a $30,000 fine on eight charges stemming from failed standards of food storage, cleanliness and maintenance.

Animals and pests were also found in the kitchen.

The restaurant’s four directors were also hit with fines, two for $2500 and two for $1500.

Just a little more than a block away, the Macarthur Centre’s Shingle Inn received a $20,000 fine in June, on 12 charges including animal and pet infestation and failure to maintain cleanliness.

In addition, its two directors each received $4000 fines.

Cr Adams said 23 food licenses were suspended and six cancelled last year, from more than 6000 inspections undertaken by EatSafe officers in kitchens across the city.

“We aim not to shut down restaurants, unless there is a serious issue,” she said.

“But we make no apology for shutting down restaurants for the safety of Brisbane residents.”

Fine revenue from hygiene breaches has risen dramatically since the introduction of the EatSafe program in 2010, despite its star-rating system cutting the number of inspections carried out.